Lesson 2 felt MUCH better than lesson 1. We spent .5hrs of ground time going over patterns, and reviewing. My taxi skills were much smoother than during lesson 1, which helped me start the lesson more relaxed. My instructor performed the take off, with me just feeling the control inputs.
We did some more work on the four fundamentals, and headed to UAO, which has a much longer and wider runway. My instructor demonstrated a couple of landings and take offs, then had me fly the pattern and land. The first landing and subsequent take off was with some assistance, the second was mine with some verbal instruction. We touched down with a little yaw to the right, but really pretty smooth considering. That and my last take off which remained fairly straight down the runway had me feeling much more relaxed. We returned to 7S3, and I flew the pattern until final, where my instructor took over to land, since I'm not ready to attempt 7S3's sloping 2465 x 48 ft runway. I left the airport with another 1.2hrs logged in 4-Kilo-Uniform, and feeling great!
Amongst the very long list of thing to learn, I've noticed that I have some work to do on not leaning forward in climbs and to the side in turns, a lighter grip on the yoke, and just feeling more relaxed and in the aircraft.
Amongst the very long list of thing to learn, I've noticed that I have some work to do on not leaning forward in climbs and to the side in turns, a lighter grip on the yoke, and just feeling more relaxed and in the aircraft.
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